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quill almost loHLTcst, TIm' I^lts an* hnv^, llu' outstit'tcIuMl to«'S n-acliini^ to 

 the end ot" the tail ; tin- lateral toe toiisitleialily shorter than tin- luiihlle, 

 whieh is not nimh loni:i'r than the hinder. The tail is short, narrow, and 

 eniarj^inate ; tla^ leathers aeute. 



Species and Varieties. 



Common Cii ak \<tki!s. A!>ov«' «:rayisli-lir<>\vii, l.tiuatli white ; wliolf u|tj»( r 

 siirliicf. an well as thf hn-a.-t ami sidt s. strcaknl w !tli diiskv. A liLrht siipiT- 

 ciliary stripe, ami a whitish iiiaxiilaiy 0110, thf lallor Vionlfred above and Ix-low 

 by strijH's of eoaleseed diiskv streaks. 



A* Hill small, thoeiilmeii slij.-'htly eoneave in the middle portion: a niedian 

 lij.dit <tripe on the erown. 



I. P. savauiia. Superciliary stri[»e yellow anteriorly; stn-aks on tiie 

 buck lilackish, >hai[>ly delined. 



Throat (i)id t(j>jier jHtrt oj <il>*fo))tcu iusfr<<iL<il ; I'dtt^j'-sffipf n'ith- 



onf ijtlhnr tiitf/r. 



r>ill .',\\ from li»rehead and .'Jo in depth at the base; winir. -.S'r, 

 tail, -..■)<>. Colors deep; onter sm'liice of winu' (in spi-inL-; deeiileiily 

 redilish. I/<th. Eastern I'rovinco of North Anu'iica . \ni'. so m u u (i . 



Hill, ..'i'i and .20, or less; win^--, 2.7'>; tail, 'J.lo. Colors very i>ale ; 

 enter surface of winj; (in sprinir) pale ashy. Hub. Western I'rov- 

 ince of N<trth America, except coast of California, where rcjilaeed 

 \t\ \nv. ant/iiux.t ....... \;\r. ahi II d i n II s. 



JJill. ..■>" and .'J7. or considerably more; win;,'. o.lO; tall, '_M0. 

 Colors as in savanna. I/uh. Northwest coast of Xorth Ani<iica 



var. .s II II il tr i I' li f u a i a . 



Tluoat and upper part of abdinnen $tr>nhid; ri rtix-.strijie stroii;/iif 



tinged iriti' ijelJow. 



Rill, .:>;5 and .10: winir. 'J.oO; tail, \:.M. Colors .larker than var. 

 saraiina, the liTonnd-color more nnifoini, and the black streaks 

 ln'avier and more mnnerous. Hah. Coast of Calilbrnia. var. a n t h i n n s. 



2. P. princeps. Superciliary stripe white anteriorly ; sti«'aks on the 

 back sandy-ljrown, badly delined. Wimr. ."b'Jo : tail. *J.(JO; lull, ,4') and 

 .2;> ; tarsus, .D.j ; middle tv)e, .80. Ilah. Ka^tern Massachusetts (norih- 

 ein rcL;i(»ns in sunnner?). 



B* Bill robust, the culmen arched: no median liirht stripe on the crown. 

 Superi'iliary stripe white anteriorly ; streaks on the back .*<andy-brown, 

 obsolete. 



3. P. rostratus. 



Bill, .4o and .30; winir, 2.00: tail. 2.20. Ground-color above 

 fulvous-frray, beneath white ; the streaks, aliove and l»elow, sandy- 

 brown. Colors much as in P. princeps. Hal). C\)ast of Cali- 

 fornia, to the month of the Colorado Kiver ; Cape St. Lucas in 

 winter var. rostratus. 



Bill, ..>'> ami .22; winir. 2.."); tail, 2.00. Ground-color above 

 plumbeous-irray ; beneath white: streaks blackish-brown. Ilah. 

 Cape St. Lucas (resident V) var. (j u f fat us. 



A careful exaniinatioti of the very larixo series of r<f,s.>!rrrtth's allied to 

 savanna in the museum of the Smithsouian Institution, recently made, 



